UGenRA - Genitourinary cancer array

UGenRA is a CGI custom-designed oligonucleotide array designed to detect gains and losses of genomic material in endometrial, ovarian, and cervical cancers. Endometrial hyperplasia is a precursor le...

UroGenRA - Genitourinary cancer array

UroGenRA is a CGI custom-designed oligonucleotide array for implementation within a clinical laboratory as an array CGH-based diagnostic/prognostic tool for kidney, prostate, and bladder cancers. It...

MatBA - Mature B-cell neoplasm array

Mature B-cell neoplasms arise in B-cells that have entered germinal centers within lymph nodes as part of the immune response. They display great heterogeneity at the clinical, pathologic, and genet...

Epigenetics

In biology, and specifically genetics, epigenetics is the study of changes in gene expression caused by mechanisms other than changes in the underlying DNA sequence – hence the name epi- (Gree...

Personalized Medicines

Personalized medicines are a new therapeutic option that takes into account the genetics and individuality of patients diseases, and then develops or prescribes drug that are likely to have the most...

Genetics Society of America's Genetics journal highlights for April 2013

(Genetics Society of America) The selected highlights for the April 2013 issue of Genetics cover a wide array of topics including methods, technology and resources; gene expression; genetics of comple...

2013-14 Genzyme/ACMG Foundation Training Award in Clinical Biochemical Genetics announced

(American College of Medical Genetics) Lindsay C. Burrage, M.D., Ph.D., of Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital and Shane C. Quinonez, M.D., of the University of Michigan were honored...

Cancer Genetics introduces proprietary urogenital cancer array for diagnosing kidney cancer

Cancer Genetics, Inc., a leader in oncology-focused personalized medicine, has launched a proprietary urogenital cancer array, UroGenRA, intended for kidney cancer diagnosis and subtyping in its own l...

PR professionals are not 'yes men' when pressured to be unethical, Baylor study finds

(Baylor University) Public relations professionals who have provided ethics counsel to senior management are at least as fervent about serving the public interest -- sometimes more so -- as they are a...

Baylor University researcher finds earliest evidence of human ancestors hunting & scavenging

[NEWS] Contact: Tonya B. Lewis tonya_lewis@baylor.edu 254-710-4656 Baylor University WACO, Texas (May 9, 2013) — A recent Baylor University research study has shed new light on the diet and f...

Baylor University researcher finds earliest evidence of human ancestors hunting & scavenging

(Baylor University) A recent Baylor University research study has shed new light on the diet and food acquisition strategies of some the earliest human ancestors in Africa.

Event: Technology and Human Flourishing

Technology and Human Flourishing 2012 Baylor Symposium on Faith and Culture October 25-27, 2012 Baylor University Institute for Faith and Learning http://www.baylor.edu/ifl/index.php?id=88447

Baylor University and Tufts University to examine effect of innovative Boy Scout program

(Baylor University) A study to examine whether and how Boy Scout programs affect the character, health and academic achievement of youths -- as well as their contribution to community and democracy --...

Molecular characterization of CPS1 deletions by array CGH.

CPSI deficiency usually results in severe hyperammonemia presenting in the first days of life warranting prompt diagnosis. Most CPS1 defects are non-recurrent, private mutations, including point mutat...

Novel OTOA mutations cause autosomal recessive non-syndromic hearing impairment in Pakistani families.

Large deletions and uniparental disomy detected by SNP arrays in adults with thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections.

Targeted Deletion of MicroRNA-22 Promotes Stress-Induced Cardiac Dilation and Contractile Dysfunction.

Delineating the role of microRNAs (miRNAs) in the posttranscriptional gene regulation offers new insights into how the heart adapts to pathological stress. We developed a knockout of miR-22 in mice an...

Detection of uniparental isodisomy in autosomal recessive mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome by high-density SNP array analysis.

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) depletion syndrome encompasses a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by a reduction in the mtDNA copy number. We identified two patients with clinical presentation...